Containment agnostic, N-ary roots leveraged model synchronization

A device for annotating and synchronizing, comprising:

• memory for storing a program;
• and
• a processor, functionally coupled to the memory, the processor being responsive to computer-executable instructions contained in the program and operative for:
• marking a client root model of a plurality of fragments with annotations in response to triggers received by the program, the triggers comprising extract artifact, convert to synchronizable, and share the artifact;
• wherein marking the client root model of the plurality of fragments with annotations comprises:
• in response to any of the plurality of fragments being extracted out and flagged with an extracted out flag, marking the client root model with annotations;
• in response to binding any of the plurality fragments to a source being a supplier model, marking the client root model of the plurality of fragments with annotations and marking the client root model as flagged;
• and
• in response to sharing in any of the plurality of fragments, marking the client root model with annotations and marking the client root model as flagged;
• determining the client root model having the supplier model as the source for the client root model;
• and
• rejecting the client root model during a synchronization process based on the client root model having the extracted out flag in which the extracted out flag causes the client root model to be excluded.

A computer program product, tangibly embodied on a non-transitory computer readable medium, the computer program product including instructions for causing a computer to execute a method for annotating and synchronizing, comprising:

• marking a client root model of a plurality of fragments with annotations in response to triggers received, wherein marking the client root model of the plurality of fragments with annotations comprises:
• in response to any of the plurality of fragments being extracted out and flagged, marking the client root model with annotations;
• in response to binding any of the plurality fragments to a source, marking the client root model of the plurality of fragments with annotations and marking the client root model as flagged;
• and
• in response to sharing in any of the plurality of fragments, marking the client root model with annotations and marking the client root model as flagged;
• in response to a request to synchronize the plurality of fragments being shared by a sharing client model, finding annotations in the client root model of the plurality of fragments referring to a supplier model;
• and
• synchronizing 1-J of the plurality of fragments, wherein J is a last of the plurality of fragments being synchronized, wherein synchronizing occurs for each of the plurality of fragments and synchronizing for each of the plurality of fragments comprises:
• scanning the supplier model to match a supplier file to a processing fragment of the plurality of fragments, wherein when the supplier file is matched in the supplier model, the scanning stops;
• for the supplier file, creating an ancestor containment hierarchy, wherein the ancestor containment hierarchy starts with the supplier file and ends at a supplier primary root of the supplier model;
• creating a copy of the supplier file in a temporary framework reflecting the supplier model;
• and
• if it determined that there is reference to a foreign element in the supplier file, resolving the foreign element when synchronizing at least one of a previous processing fragment and subsequent processing fragment, wherein a containment hierarchy of the foreign element is added in the temporary framework.